The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-05-20
FARM NOTES.

One-third Of the broom-corn crop Of the
United States is produced in the State of
Kansas.
The vineyards and orchards in Sonoma
valley, in California, give promise of abun--
dant yield this year.
A Cherokee County (Kan.) farmer has
decided to try and raise peanuts on some
of his land. He has planted ten acres to
''goobers" this spring as an experiment.
If all the farmers in Eastern Colorado
who have planted this year raise q CROP,
the value of the States product will be in
creased twenty-five per cent. over last
year.
Every improvement in the garden re-
duces the demand for the Doctors services
Let fruits do away with the demand for
drugs Of all kinds, and excellent vegetables
in part replace the excessive use of anImal
food.
Carrots and onions are two crops easily
destroyed by grass or weeds when the seed
is terminating and just beginning to push
through the soil. The hoe must be used,
while Woodworking the plants is some
times necessary.
Where the surface of the soil ''bakes'"
plenty of seed should be planted close to-
gether, as they will then assist each other
to push through after terminating. The
surplus plants can be thinned out after
they shall be well under growth.
Grass is the foundation of success in
farming. 1t assists, during the process or
rotation, to improve the soil, and enables
more and better stock to be kept. Tne-
farmer who succeeds in securing q good
hay crop has won half the battle.
The alfalfa fever has struck some Of our
granger neighbors and there will be quite
a number Of patches put in this spring.
Having irrigation we can count on making
a success of raising this the most prolific
and profitable crop for Southwest Kansas
soil.-Gardten City (Kan.) Sentinel.
A few crab-apple. trees ought to find a
place on every farm. They are hardy, wilk
grow almost anywhere; they will bear
abundantly in two or three years, and, as q
rule, will bear every year; they are fine for
cider, and several varieties are excellent.
for dessert. They are valuable for canning.
or preserving.
A saving Of labor may be made in the
garden by using the rake frequently. Very
young weeds may easily be destroyed by
passing the urake between the rows, while.
by allowing the weeds to remain until well
rooted the hoe may be necessary. Econo-
my of labor is in keeping weeds and grass
down as their seeds terminate, which rem
ders the task easier.
The deeper the preparatlon'of the soil the
deeper will the roots penetrate, thus adj
vancing closer to moisture, as well as per-
hitting Of the growth of large proportion
OF those rootlets that collect food. II the
soil be shallow and the subsoil hard the
roots will spread nearer the surface, thus.
rendering them not only more liable to be-
ing winter killed but also to damage from
drought.
1t now looks as though we shall get a
full crop of peaches this year. Trees that
have been half dead and 6ecaylng are
loaded down with handsome buds. Unfor-
tunately the past five or six seasons were
such complete failures that many peach
orchards have been abandoned, and the
peach trees have been allowed to grow
wild, or half dead, as the case may be-
Ell Greek .Neb.) Echo.